Happy Friday, fellow foodies!
I hope this week has been good to you and if not, well I hope you’ve been good to yourself.
So this week something great happened. Really great. There’s a new little market that popped up and they had…heirloom tomatoes!!! That’s right, those delicious, misshapen, vibrantly colored tomatoes that don’t come around often, at least not here in Romania, so I did what any proper foodie would…I bought some.
At a cost, because the other reason you don’t see them often is because they are not budget-friendly. These bad boys were LEU48.00 per kilogram which is approximately $11.00, so not crazy but a lot for tomatoes. So I only got three tomatoes but they were just shy of a kilogram.
Were they worth it? ABSOLUTELY.
They were juicy and so flavorful that I was tempted to eat them the way my dad did, with nothing but salt & black pepper. But I didn’t…maybe next time.
I used 2 of the tomatoes for a quick and easy Caprese-style salad with fresh basil, vegan feta cheese and a drizzle of balsamic vinegar. It was simple and easy and totally perfect.
The last tomato went into another salad with the works, and you know what? It still stood out like the beautiful rockstar it is.
I’m probably going to go back and get more because how can I not? They were too good and they’re only around for such a limited time, kind of like Oasis tickets.
The Spicy Spatula 
Whatcha think?